A river runs through it...an A380 that is!

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cdnpilot77
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A river runs through it...an A380 that is!

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Ps. Nice first line...don't we all deserve $99 tickets LAX to SYD?
(CNN) -- If you've ever traveled by air, you've probably gotten soaked on an airline ticket. But not like this.
Qantas Airlines Flight 94 to Melbourne had to turn back to Los Angeles about an hour into its trip Wednesday morning when a water pipe started leaking on the upper deck of the plane, according to Australia's Channel Seven Network.
The jet is an Airbus A380, the world's only complete double-decker airplane.
Video from the network showed water running down the aisle of the plane.
The water made its way through the floor and showered economy-class passengers below, the network reported.
Crew members moved passengers and gave them blankets to stay dry, the airline said in a statement.
Qantas said the passengers were never in any danger, and they're being put up in hotels while the airline talks to the plane's manufacturer, Airbus, about what might have caused the situation.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/lb5zEDpQK10[/youtube]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/02/us/qantas ... ?hpt=hp_t2
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Re: A river runs through it...an A380 that is!

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Just be glad it wasn't the upper deck Lavs leaking!
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New feature on long haul flights. In flight showers so you can refresh yourself.
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Uhhh you DO realize our A380's actually have showers on them, right?

http://www.ausbt.com.au/emirates-airbus ... spa-review

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxDQpfN1IlE

It's a pretty nice perk for staff travel DXB-YYZ and DXB-JFK. Dunno what happened on the Qantas flight.
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Someone dropped an upper-decker!
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Reminds me a bit of the story of the exploding toilet on the DC-8 freighter.
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